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NOTES OF CORRESPONDENTS. 



[Returned to us September 23.] 



BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 



Alford (L. T. Osborne). — Indian corn is 10 per cent above 

 the usual average. Rowen and fall feed are much better than the 

 average, and the good condition of fall feed has been a great saving 

 for fodder corn. Some fields of potatoes are very good and some 

 very poor. Root crops, celery and other late market-garden crops 

 promise average yields. Apples are not over 25 per cent of an 

 average crop. 



West Stockbridge (W. C. Spaulding). — Indian corn is excel- 

 lent both as to grain and fodder. Rowen and fall feed are very 

 good indeed. Onions are not raised here. Potatoes are a fair 

 crop, but rot is appearing to some extent. Apples scarce ; pears 

 good ; peaches not much raised ; grapes good ; no cranberries. 



Becket ( Wm. H. Snow) . — Corn will be an average crop. Rowen 

 and fall feed are fully an average. Not quite the usual amount of 

 fall seeding has been done but it looks well. Not many onions 

 raised here. Some fields of potatoes give a light yield and other 

 fields a good yield, but rot has appeared on all fields. Root crops, 

 celery and other late market-garden crops promise a good yield. 

 Apples and cranberries very light crops ; pears a large crop ; few 

 peaches raised. There has been difficulty in getting rowen and 

 harvesting oats because of the wet weather. 



Washington (E. H. Eames). — The corn crop is better than for 

 three or four years past. Rowen and fall feed are better than in 

 former years. The usual amount of fall seeding has been done 

 and it is in good condition. The potato crop is the largest for a 

 number of years, but they are rotting very badly. Root crops, 

 celery and other late market-garden crops are not much raised. 

 There is about a one-third crop of apples, pears, peaches, grapes 

 and cranberries. 



Dalton ( W. B. Barton) . — Indian corn is a full average crop. 

 Rowen and fall feed are up to the usual average. Not much fall 

 seeding has been done but what is in looks well. Potatoes are not 



